The paper is owned by Northcliffe Media, one of the largest regional publishers in the UK, and owned by the Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and the Metro free daily paper.

The Hull Daily Mail is produced every day of the week except for Sunday and has a readership of around 170,000. A sister paper, the East Riding Mail, was introduced fairly recently to focus on stories from Hull's surroundings.

History

Awards

The newspaper has won the award for Yorkshire Daily Newspaper of the Year four times, in 2003,It has also won accolades for its pioneering work in video journalism, reports available via its website, thisishullandeastriding.co.uk.

Disputes and scandals

In 2005, the paper became embroiled in a dispute with then chairman of Hull City A.F.C., Adam Pearson, over news reports on local radio station KCFM. 2005-05-03 , www.sportnetwork.net

In March, 2010, the Mail was accused of running a smear campaign against Paul Smith, the creator of independent Beverley community news and information website......
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